Category: Atlanticville News

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Michael Egner, 9, Shrewsbury, prepares dough to be made into matzah during a session of the Passover Model Matzah Making Institute held at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal March 25. Passover will begin at sundown on Monday.

  • Corzine says state ready to back fort reuse panel

    Cites jobs, retraining & affordable housing as priorities BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Jon Corzine What was billed as an open public forum with Gov. Jon S. Corzine by Brookdale Community College March 14 turned into a Who’s Who of state and local government, an address by the governor and a…

  • Four arrests follow motor vehicle stop

    LONG BRANCH – A city man and three out-of-town women are facing drug and weapons charges after a motor vehicle stop March 9. According to police, they observed a vehicle that failed to stop at a posted stop sign at approximately 1:50 a.m. on Division Street. During the motor vehicle stop, officers observed four people…

  • Suspect indicted for armed robbery

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – A city man was charged last week for armed robbery of an Asbury Park store owner. On March 14, a Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted Adrian Malik Miller, 24, for the August robbery of a food store on Main Street in Asbury Park.…

  • County, university team up on research

    A research team from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, including an epidemiologist from the Monmouth County Health Department, recently presented a new and innovative system of detecting and tracking outbreaks of disease to a United Nations panel. William Tepfenhart, an associate professor and software engineer and lead researcher for the university’s Center for Rapid Response…

  • Community programs at Monmouth Medical

    LONG BRANCH – Monmouth Medical Center on Second Avenue will host programs and events in April for children and adults. “Positive and Beautiful,” a program for women diagnosed HIV positive, will be held April 3 and 17 at 11 a.m. Registration is required. For more information, call Xiomara Pino at (732) 923-7138. “Kids Need Support,…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Justina Bruno, of Cortiva Institute in Wall, gives a massage during Girls Night Out, a benefit for Family & Children’s Services, Long Branch, held at Branches, West Long Branch. The Long Branch Public Library on Broadway will host “The Seniors’ Legend Showcase” March 31 at 2 p.m. More than 20 lip-sync acts…

  • Vaccaro honored for community service

    L.B. chamber hosts 73rd Annual Business Awards Dinner James Vaccaro, (l-r) recipient of the Louis G. Libutti Community Service Award; Greater Long Branch Chamber of Commerce Treasurer Lisa Borghese; Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider; and chamber President Kay Guadagno. LONG BRANCH – – In a celebration of community service, the Greater Long Branch Chamber of…

  • Former library space to become court, offices

    Plans call for sharing space with other towns on a fee basis BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – Ocean Township is moving forward with plans to renovate the 4,000-square-foot space previously occupied by the former library. Work could commence as early as July, according to David R. Kochel,…